• OPINION

  One Pai is enough, please

  Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 14/11/2012

  » One morning sipping my brew at a coffee shop in Chiang Mai's remote Mae Chaem district, which has the potential to be developed into a tourist destination, patrons at the table next to me asked their friend, a local politician, whether there are plans to turn Mae Chaem into a new Pai, the popular tourist hang-out in neighbouring Chiang Rai province. I almost spilled my coffee. I wished they were just kidding.

• OPINION

  Tuition leaves little time for kids to be kids

  Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 21/08/2012

  » I was in Siam Square the other day. It seems this trendy place right in the heart of bustling Bangkok still retains its exciting atmosphere _ people, especially teenagers and students, were seen everywhere, hanging around to shop, eat and show off their latest fashion and mobile trends. The roadside was busy, too. It was lined with kiosks selling everything from clothes, shoes, handbags, costume jewellery and gadgets to food and sweets that all looked tempting.

• OPINION

  Shaky foundations

  Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 21/06/2012

  » 'You will be shocked," a real estate developer warned me when she learned of my plan to build. "Building a small house is actually a big problem. Though I have been in this business for decades, I can hardly bear it. It is very frustrating. Why don't you buy a ready-to-move-in unit from the housing project? It will be much better."

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